D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment are hopeful a packed summer events schedule planned by local government officials will not only celebrate the District’s music, food and film scenes, but also boost the local economy.
In June alone, D.C. hosted 200 film screenings by local, national, international and Oscar-nominated producers, including the 聽and the area鈥檚 biggest .
鈥淭hough it’s a lot of fun, there’s a great economic impact that comes from this as well,鈥� OCTFME Director Latoya Foster said. 鈥淲e’re supporting small businesses. We’re increasing foot traffic, and we’re spurring tourism and visitation.鈥�
Majic Wednesdays, which kicked off in mid-June and runs through Aug. 13, is held every Wednesday at Sycamore & Oak in Ward 8 at 6:30 p.m. The free concert series is hosted in partnership with Radio One鈥檚 Majic 102.3 and features R&B, jazz and go-go legends.
鈥淚 am still recovering from the first Majic Wednesday,鈥� Foster said with a laugh. 鈥淲e kicked it off with , and they really got the party started.”
She said the program will also feature up-and-coming bands every week to amplify their profiles.
Other upcoming events include the , the Downtown D.C. Summer Concert Series beginning in mid-July, the on Aug. 8, and more.
鈥淔or every public dollar that we incentivize for these projects, we yield at least a $14.54 minimum return on investment,鈥� Foster said. 鈥淪o we’re talking about millions of dollars of economic impact that goes into the city when we are able to attract festivals and concerts and film and television productions.鈥�
草莓传媒’s Andrew Alsbrooks contributed to this report.
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